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The Curse of El Chupacabra
Season 2 Episode 8
Episode 21
General Information
Setting Mexico
Aired on October 15, 2001
Production Number 21
Credits
Written by Mark Seidenburg
Directed by Phil Weinstein
Produced by Michael Goguen
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The Curse of El Chupacabra is the twenty-first episode of Jackie Chan Adventures.

Synopsis[]

While exploring some Pyramids in Mexico, Jackie gets a call from El Toro. He needs Jackie's help dealing with the legendary El Chupacabra.

Plot[]

Late at night, a young girl named Roberta rushes outside to untie a panicking goat that quickly rushes into the house. Her mother scolds her for being out of bed, and Roberta voices her worries that the Chupacabra is after the goats. Her mother assures her that there is no Chupacabra, but is interrupted by a growl. A shadow jumps out of a nearby tree, and Roberta and her mother rush inside, attempting to block the door with a table, but the figure breaks through. They hide, awaiting their fate, when the sun rises, and the figure disappears. Roberta and her mother step outside to survey the damage. Roberta's mother exclaims, "The Chupacabra is real!"

Jackie and Jade are in Mexico, exploring a step pyramid. Jade complains that she is bored, until they accidentally wake a sleeping jaguar. The jaguar chases them out of the pyramid, and, as they run, Jackie receives a phone call from El Toro. El Toro informs Jackie of the threat posed by the Chupacabra, requesting help with translating some ancient tablets that may reveal a way to rid them of the goat-eater. Jackie agrees, and Jade jokingly tells Jackie he should get voicemail.

Jackie and Jade meet with El Toro and Paco. Jade appears upset that Paco is there, but Paco simply states that it is good to see her and kisses her cheek. El Toro tells Jackie they need to prepare to battle the Chupacabra. Jackie says he only came to translate the tablets, but El Toro says there is no time and that "the beast attacks by dark of night." In the back of the van, Jade and Paco once again begin to bicker over who is strongest, Jackie or El Toro.

The group travel to the farm at the beginning of the episode, where Roberta describes the Chupacabra. Jade tells Paco "Yep, sounds like a chimichanga to me," but Jackie is skeptical, reasoning it is more likely a coyote when the goats begin to panic. The Chupacabra appears and Jackie rushes everyone inside, sans himself and El Toro. Jackie arms himself with a rake, and El Toro rushes the beast. When the beast easily throws El Toro, Jackie abandons his rake and picks up a broken support beam, however the Chupacabra throws him as well, turning its attention to the house where a goat is bleating.

Inside, Paco and Jade are barricading the door. Paco tells Jade he will protect her. Jade hears something and pushes him away from a window just before the Chupacabra breaks through it and charges inside. Everyone hides in a back bedroom. Roberta's mother says that there is no other door, and Paco suggests simply giving the Chupacabra the goat, but Jade forbids him to even finish the sentence.

Jackie jumps inside through the broken window, and El Toro breaks through the barricaded door. There is a short fight, and the Chupacabra throws Jackie and El Toro through a wall. Jackie and El Toro again charge the Chupacabra, but Jackie hurts his leg. El Toro tackles the Chupacabra and holds it down as dawn begins to break, the rising sun seemingly killing the beast as it magically disappears into nothing. Paco praises El Toro for defeating the beast, but El Toro says it was not him, but the sunlight. Paco and Jade resume their hero argument, but El Toro interrupts, saying that they must celebrate their victory.

In town, El Toro notices that the goats are afraid of him and reveals to Jackie that the Chupacabra scratched him during the confrontation, fearing that he has been infected by the beast. Jackie asks to see the tablets El Toro requested him to translate.

Later, Jackie proceeds to translate the tablets as the sun begins to set, and El Toro, appearing to be in pain, asks Jackie to translate faster. Suddenly, El Toro transforms into the Chupacabra and chases Jackie. Jackie runs into a group of people and tries to warn them away, but they simply comment on El Toro's "nice costume" until he roars and frightens them away. Jade and Paco see Jackie running. Jade is confused, and Paco pulls her out of the way as El Toro charges by. Paco comments that he recognizes El Toro's mask. El Toro corners a group of people, but Jackie distracts him with a goat-shaped piñata. During a brief skirmish, Jackie accidentally removes El Toro's mask, and is forced to explain to Paco that El Toro is no longer the bull, but "El Toro-cabra". Jackie attempts to comfort Paco by telling him he has already called for help.

Uncle arrives and says he needs one more ingredient to cure El Toro, a powder made from capsicum, and to get it, they must visit the wise elder atop el Picacho del Diablo, the Mountain of the Devil.

On their way to the mountain, the group is attacked by El Toro. El Toro, spotting the mask in his hand, attacks Paco. Jackie quickly makes a bo-staff from two tent poles and distracts him, and Jade pushes Paco out of the way. Jackie realizes that El Toro is after the mask and tells Paco to drop it, but he refuses. Paco leads El Toro to a cave and Jackie pushes him inside just as the sun rises. El Toro turns back into a human and tries to go outside, but realizes that the sun still hurts him. The group chains El Toro inside the cave to prevent him from leaving, even after nightfall, until they return with the finished antidote.

Jackie, Jade, Uncle and Paco make it to the top of el Picacho del Diablo and, upon hearing that El Toro has been turned into a Chupacabra, the elder gives them the capsicum. Down the mountain, El Toro transforms and escapes. Not far from the entrance to the cave, the group finds him chasing a herd of goats, and after a brief scuffle, Jackie manages to climb onto his back and administers the antidote, breaking him free from the curse. Paco returns El Toro's mask to him. Uncle tells El Toro not to go swimming for half an hour, and the group walks away, Jade and Paco (again) resuming their hero argument.

Characters[]

Protagonists[]

Antagonists[]

Others[]

  • Roberta
  • Roberta's Mother
  • Wise Elder

Voice Talent[]

Broadcast[]

  • USA: The WB (Kids' WB) - Monday, October 15, 2001
  • UK: BBC One (CBBC) - Saturday, May 25, 2002

Transcript[]

Main article: Transcript:The Curse of El Chupacabra

Trivia[]

  • A running joke throughout the episode is that Jade always gets El Chupacabra's name wrong. Interestingly, none of the other characters ever correct her.
  • This is the only episode with El Toro where he doesn't end up accidentally injuring or inconveniencing Jackie, then sheepishly apologizing.
  • When first told about the El Chupacabra attack by the Roberta and her mother, Jackie remarks that they may have simply seen a coyote and mistaken it for the beast. This may have been a reference to the fact that many real life biologists have attested that the creature believed to be El Chupacabra is often merely one of several local coyotes suffering from severe mange (giving it a grotesque, monstrous appearance).
  • After El Toro becomes infected and transforms into a Chupacabra himself, Jackie nicknames this new creature "El Torocabra". This is a humorous nickname as when translated, it literally means "The Bull-goat".
  • Uncle insists that "Capsicum" (another name for chili peppers) is a key ingredient in the antidote for the curse that traps one in Chupacabra form. To get some, he makes Jackie, Jade, and Paco accompany him to the summit of Picacho del Diablo to retrieve some. However, during El Toro's rampage after transforming for the first time, there is shown to be a vegetable stand in the local market selling chili peppers which none of the characters even attempt to make use of.
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